[Asterisk-Users] answer on # key?

[Jay Milk]

Except how do you know whether you had voicemail or a person on the
other end?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leah Newmark [mailto:lnewmark at capalon.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:30 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] answer on # key?
> 
> 
> What about using the S(x) command on Dial...after x seconds, 
> when your 
> cellphone's voicemail kicks in, hang up.
> I'm not sure I understand why it makes a difference to you 
> whether you hit # 
> or *...using H is pretty simple, IMO.
> 
> 
> ________________________
> >[Asterisk-Users] answer on # key?
> From: "Matthew Simpson" <matthew at txlink.net>
> >To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> >
> >I thought I read somewhere on the Wiki that one could give Dial() an
> >argument that would first dial the extension, but not bridge 
> the connection 
> >until the called party hit the "#" key.  It must have been 
> during one of 
> >those late night coding sessions because now I can't find 
> anything to do 
> >with that other than options to allow hangup of the call by 
> hitting "*".
> >
> >Does such an option exist?
> >
> >If not, is anyone using a Macro to do that?
> >
> >I have a system that attempts to do a Dial out to a cell 
> phone number 
> >with a
> >15 second timer as a find me type of application.  If the 
> cell phone is off 
> >or out of range, the 15 seconds of ring time isn't reached 
> and the caller 
> >gets connected to the cell phone's voicemail instead of the Asterisk 
> >voicemail like I want.  Having the # to connect option would 
> fix this 
> >problem.
> 
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